SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 CRANESBILL

You might not know the name Cranesbill but you know the common name of Wild Germanium. The flowers vary in color from white to magenta, and I urge you to crush some of their leaves and smell the fragrance. You can find a wild germanium deep in a damp forest of higher elevation

There is a medicinal use for wild germanium It is great for a foot soak and I have seen herbalists write about using it for postpartum hemorrhoids.

The roots have astringent properties which I have used for insect bites and can be useful for bouts of diarrhea. I have seen herbalists infuse the roots into oil for applications. For those that do not know- an astringent herbs helps tonify and tighten tissues.

I love the foot soaks.

Until tomorrow…